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The local paper recently had an article that indicated that 9/26 (next Wednesday) is the go live date for HD in Bakersfield. That's yet to be seen.

Under the happy assumption Bakersfield in fact will gain local HD on the 26th, I trust Monterey customers soon will be able to access HD LIL as well (a judgment based on gct’s August 9 announcement local HD channels for both markets concurrently had begun testing).

Well I hope this is the last weekend without local HD here in Bakersfield. I've been checking the D Tv guide for Wednesday and beyond and it still lists our locals 17, 23, 29 and 58 without HD at the end. Because of that, I'm a little hesitant to believe Bakersfield will have local HD on Wednesday morning. I hope I'm wrong!

I'm remaining positive!! I expect to wake up Wednesday morning to HD goodness from DTV.

I feel like I should call in sick on Wednesday and watch the six hours of the Today show, Family Feud, Price is Right, soap operas, talk shows, and all the other daytime crap on the locals, just because I will be in HD. I hope I didn't just jinx it.

I feel like I should call in sick on Wednesday and watch the six hours of the Today show, Family Feud, Price is Right, soap operas, talk shows, and all the other daytime crap on the locals, just because I will be in HD. I hope I didn't just jinx it.

Lol oh man, thanks for the belly laugh Antzona, yeah, I'm pretty excited too. Can't believe we can watch the World Series in HD this year!

Now that Santa Cruz locals are live, I have three (3) AM21 receivers available for someone who needs them to receive over the air locals. I'm only interested in covering the cost of shipping so if you are interested, let me know via private message.